Requiem for My Friend: (Zbigniew Preisner) In the mid-1990's, Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner was working on a collaboration with his close associate, director Krzysztof Kieslowski, and screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz that would have produced the kind of massive operatic concert at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece that Vangelis and others had strived to create through the years. Their collaboration was quite fruitful, yielding the films and scores for the Colours Trilogy (Blue, White, and Red) as well as Dekalog and The Double Life of Veronique…

The multi awarded soundtrack composer Zbigniew Preisner, after the "Requiem for my Friend" dedicated to the memory of his friend Kieslowski, he started "Silence, Night and Dreams", a project that gave him the freedom to create without having to follow a specific screenplay. It is a work for soloists, choir and orchestra with leading vocalist the sublime Teresa Salgueiro from Madredeus. Preisner uses texts from The Book of Job and the Gospel of St. Matthew and the orchestration has elements of both classical and contemporary electronic music. The work is in nine movements, with the texts sung in English and in Latin. Just note the titles of the sections and let Preisner’s spiritual and atmospheric music wash over you. Full scans included.

Wonderful music by the Pole composer Zbigniew Preisner written for Krzysztof Kieslowski's movie, 'Trois Couleurs - Bleu', with the French actor Juliette Binoche. Live again the atmosphere of that beautiful movie, through Preisner's music.

Smalltown Boy was the first time anyone heard the voice of Jimmy Somerville; the voice of an angel. When Jimmy Somerville first appeared on TV nobody could believe the voice came from this tough, little, feisty Glaswegian who was always punching above his weight. Making the message as important as the music was Jimmy's aim, yet fame was a burden that he's still trying to unload; but he succeeded in three careers: as lead singer with Bronski Beat, then with The Communards, and up to the present time as a solo artist. This compilation charts Jimmy's music from agit prop to songs of love lost and found to raging, horny disco.

My Friend the Chocolate Cake have been making stylish, atmospheric pop/rock for over 15 years. The members of this Melbourne, Australia, collective have transcended their goofy name and produced a career that's found them bestowed with numerous awards, coveted festival slots, and fans both at home and abroad. Parade: Best of My Friend the Chocolate Cake is a 19-track retrospective that capably examines the group's blend of lush, string-laden alternative rock and austere chamber pop ballads.

Funny story about how three young German tourists missed the ship, which made the journey to the Black Sea, and appeared in Batumi without money and documents. But they decided to catch up with their friends, not speaking to anyone for help, and after a series of adventures they succeeded.

Requiem for an Almost Lady is the rarest of Lee Hazlewood's albums because it was released in 1971 exclusively in Sweden (where Hazlewood also completed his cult classic Cowboy in Sweden album) and the United Kingdom. The album is one of the most beautifully agonizing breakup records to ever hit wax, culled from a composite of Hazlewood's relationships gone wrong. Spoken word introductions precede each of the ten brief songs and reveal Hazlewood's poetic soul, while the songs themselves are full of longing and witty, clever cynicism coupled with a sad-eyed idealism that paints the music as even more visceral and grievous. Hazlewood spares none of his past loves.